LOS ANGELES, CA - At the star-studded BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards held Friday at the Saban Theatre in Los Angeles, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG ) received the prestigious Publisher of the Year Award.

The award is given to the U.S. music publisher that represents the most-performed R&B/Hip-Hop songs of the previous year

UMPG and its songwriters also received awards for 18 songs including:

"Beg For It"
"Anaconda"
"Don’t Tell 'Em"
“Fancy"
“It Won’t Stop”
“Lifestyle"
“Main Chick”
“Move That Doh"
"My Hitta”
“New Flame”
"Paranoid”
"Show Me”
"Talk Dirty”
"The Man”
"Trophies"
"Tuesday"
"Who Do You Love”
“Wiggle"